Regiment: Royal Field Artillery 223rd Brigade, A Battery

BORN HULL 19/03/1885. SON OF EDWIN GIBBINS (1847-1908) & ELLEN CHAPMAN (1848-1915),  AT 7 BELGRAVE TERRACE, ETON STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. A SAILOR AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE MARRIED HANNAH JOHNSON (1884-1972), AT HULL IN 1904. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN FISHERMAN AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ST ANDRE […]

Born Dalton Holme, Beverley, 1893. Son of Mary and John Henry Harvatt, of Dalton Holme, Beverley. A Farm Labourer. Served as sergeant, in the Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. Killed in action, on 04/08/1917, aged 24. Buried in Belgium

BORN HULL 1893. THIRD SON OF HERBERT HENRY HOLMES (1867-1948) & CLARA HARRIET HARDING (1869-1934), OF 52, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TEN BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THREE BROTHERS SERVED IN THE WAR. FORMERLY A FISH SELLER FOR MESSRS. BRODRICK AND PETERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL […]

BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED AT BARRY, GLAMORGAN. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN FRANCE, FROM 11/05/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/05/1917, AGED 23. BURIED AT ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW, MARGARET JAMES, LIVING AT 21 GWENDOLINE STREET, CARDIFF. (PENS […]

Born Hornsea, 1897. Youngest son of Joseph Samuel Stephenson, of Rise Terrace, Hornsea, Yorkshire, and the late Ada Stephenson. Son of a builder. He had three brothers and four sisters. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 223rd Bde. Died of wounds on 06/05/1917, aged 20. His army effects were left to hi […]

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES EDWARD & LOUISE TAYLOR, OF 7 ARTHUR'S TERRACE WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. SON OF A MEAT SALESMAN. PRIOR TO ENLISTING, HE WORKED FOR LEONARD'S, BUTCHERS, HULL MARKET PLACE. HE SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR ONE YEAR. DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON 26TH APRIL 1917, AGED […]